Sexual Politics |
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| Author:
| Millett, Kate |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06889-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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Identifying patriarchy as a socially conditioned belief system masquerading as nature, the author demonstrates how its attitudes and systems penetrate literature, philosophy, psychology, and politics. Her work rocked the foundations of the literary canon by castigating time-honored classics for their use of sex to degrade women.
Identifying patriarchy as a socially conditioned belief system masquerading as nature, the author demonstrates how its attitudes and systems penetrate literature, philosophy, psychology, and politics. Her work rocked the foundations of the literary canon by castigating time-honored classics for their use of sex to degrade women.